Subtropical Storm Andrea was the first named storm and first subtropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Six people drowned as a result of the storm. It arose out of an extratropical storm that attained hurricane-force winds on May 7, three and a half weeks before the official start of the hurricane season. A non-tropical low developed on May 9 about 150 miles (240 km) northeast of Daytona Beach, Florida. It weakened to a subtropical depression the next day while remaining nearly stationary, and the National Hurricane Center discontinued advisories early on May 11. Andrea was the first pre-season storm since Tropical Storm Ana in April 2003 and the first Atlantic named storm in May since Tropical Storm Arlene in 1981. The storm produced rough surf along the coastline from Florida to North Carolina, causing beach erosion and some damage. In some areas, the waves eroded up to 20 feet (6 m) of beach, leaving 70 homes in danger of collapse. Off North Carolina, high waves of 34 feet (10 m) and tropical-storm-force winds damaged three boats; their combined nine passengers sustained injuries before being rescued by the Coast Guard.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

351:

Jews in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina rebelled against the rule of Constantius Gallus, Caesar of the Eastern Roman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_revolt_against_Constantius_Gallus

1685:

Great Turkish War: Ottoman forces prevailed over Venetian irregulars in the Battle on Vrtijeljka. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_on_Vrtijeljka

1763:

Pontiac of the Odawa Native American tribe led an attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British, marking the start of Pontiac's War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac%27s_War

1895:

Alexander Stepanovich Popov presented his radio receiver, refined as a lightning detector, to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stepanovich_Popov

2009:

Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who shot at officers during the routine execution of a search warrant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Napier_shootings

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

epitrachelion: (Eastern Orthodoxy) The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Eastern Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epitrachelion

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

In love all the contradictions of existence merge themselves and are lost. Only in love are unity and duality not at variance. Love must be one and two at the same time. Only love is motion and rest in one. Our heart ever changes its place till it finds love, and then it has its rest. But this rest itself is an intense form of activity where utter quiescence and unceasing energy meet at the same point in love.   --Rabindranath Tagore https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore